Fashion’s finest packed into the 2014 ELLE Australia Style Awards in Sydney on Friday, October 24, rocking their most stylish threads for the magazine’s big event. The night was well timed, with international celebs like Rachel Zoe and Jean Paul Gaultier already in Australia and able to attend, meaning the country’s usual fashionistas really upped the ante to impress the globally recognised style icons.

Click through our gallery below to see the best outfits from the night.

Chantelle Schmidt is theFashionSpot’s Australian contributor and lives in Sydney. She has worked in fashion, beauty and lifestyle PR and across a range of leading fashion and celebrity magazines. Her weaknesses include culling her ever-growing wardrobe and walking away from a thrift store empty-handed.